Ms. Karen Peck, MEd, ATC, CIP

Assistant Professor

Human Protections Director

Human Research Protections Program

Dean's Staff

Department of Physical Education

karen.peck [at] westpoint.edu
Karen Peck has been a member of the West Point community since 1999 when she joined the USMA faculty as an athletic trainer and instructor in the Department of Physical Education. In 2007, she was promoted to Director of Sports Medicine. In April of 2011, she pivoted to a new career as a Clinical Researcher Coordinator for the John A. Feagin Jr. Sports Medicine Fellowship at Keller Army Community Hospital at West Point. In April of 2019, Karen re-joined the USMA faculty and is now the Human Protections Director overseeing USMA’s Human Research Protections Program. In addition to her official duties, Karen is actively involved with the Army West Point Women’s Tennis Team and the Cadet Ski Patrol Club.

MEd Sports Medicine/Athletic Training - University of Virgina

BS Physical Education - Hunter College of the City University of New York

Research Interests

Injury Biomechanics, Sport-Related Concussion, Lower-Extremity Injury Prevention

Selected Publications

Cameron, Kenneth L., Karen Y. Peck, Steven M. Davi, COL(ret) Brett D. Owens, COL(ret) Steven J. Svoboda, Lindsay J. DiStefano, Stephen W. Marshall, Sarah J. de la Motte, COL(ret) Anthony I. Beutler, and Darin A. Padua. 2022. “Association between Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) Items and the Incidence Rate of Lower Extremity Stress Fracture.” Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 10 (6): 232596712211007. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671221100790.

Eckard, Timothy G., Story F.P. Miraldi, Karen Y. Peck, Matthew A. Posner, Steven J. Svoboda, Lindsay J. DiStefano, Darin A. Padua, Stephen W. Marshall, and Kenneth L. Cameron. 2021. “Association between Automated Landing Error Scoring System Performance and Bone Stress Injury Risk in Military Trainees.” Journal of Athletic Training, August. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0263.21.

Houston, Megan N., Haley A. Bookbinder, Sean P. Roach, Jeremy D. Ross, Michael J. Aderman, Karen Y. Peck, Steven R. Malvasi, Steven J. Svoboda, and Kenneth L. Cameron. 2021. “Reference Values for the Headache Impact Test-6 Questionnaire.” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 102 (12): 2369–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2021.05.013.

Bookbinder, Haley A., Megan N. Houston, Karen Y. Peck, Stephanie Habecker, Brian J. Colsant, Tim F. Kelly, Sean P. Roach, et al. 2020. “Factors Associated with Delayed Concussion Reporting by United States Service Academy Cadets.” Journal of Athletic Training 55 (8): 843–49. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-362-19.

Register-Mihalik, Johna K, Melissa C Kay, Zachary Y Kerr, Karen Y Peck, Megan N Houston, Paula Gildner, Steven J Svoboda, Stephen W Marshall, and Kenneth L Cameron. 2019. “Influence of Concussion Education Exposure on Concussion-Related Educational Targets and Self-Reported Concussion Disclosure among First-Year Service Academy Cadets.” Military Medicine 185 (3-4): e403–9. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usz414.

Houston, Megan N., Karen Y. Peck, Steven R. Malvasi, Sean P. Roach, Steven J. Svoboda, and Kenneth L. Cameron. 2018. “Reference Values for the Balance Error Scoring System as Measured by the Tekscan MobileMatTM in a Physically Active Population.” Brain Injury 33 (3): 299–304. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1552021.

Antosh, Ivan J., Steven J. Svoboda, Karen Y. Peck, Estephan J. Garcia, and Kenneth L. Cameron. 2017. “Change in KOOS and WOMAC Scores from Pre-Injury Baseline in a Young Athletic Population with and without ACL Injury over FourYears of Follow-Up.” Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 5 (7_suppl6): 2325967117S0030. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325967117s00300.

Peck, Karen Y., Lindsay J. DiStefano, Stephen W. Marshall, Darin A. Padua, Anthony I. Beutler, Sarah J. de la Motte, Barnett S. Frank, Jessica C. Martinez, and Kenneth L. Cameron. 2017. “Effect of a Lower Extremity Preventive Training Program on Physical Performance Scores in Military Recruits.” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 31 (11): 3146–57. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001792.

DiStefano, Lindsay J., Stephen W. Marshall, Darin A. Padua, Karen Y. Peck, Anthony I. Beutler, Sarah J. de la Motte, Barnett S. Frank, Jessica C. Martinez, and Kenneth L. Cameron. 2016. “The Effects of an Injury Prevention Program on Landing Biomechanics over Time.” The American Journal of Sports Medicine 44 (3): 767–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546515621270.

Peck, Karen Y., Dana A. Johnston, Brett D. Owens, and Kenneth L. Cameron. 2013. “The Incidence of Injury among Male and Female Intercollegiate Rugby Players.” Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach 5 (4): 327–33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1941738113487165.